October 31, 2022

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Let Your Clients HEAR You

By: Doug Wielhouwer, CPYB, YBAA Board Member, Eastern Yacht Sales

Science has long held that the physical features of living organisms adapt over time, based on necessity and use. The duck has webbed feet to paddle through the water. The ant eater has a long snout to get reach its food source.

If that is truly the case. I fear the human voice box is going to get smaller and smaller, due to the overwhelming utilization of electronic communication devices. Everywhere you go, people have there heads down, concentrating on the images on the screens they hold in their hands. Part of a recent message I recently received, stated; “Voice communication is inefficient and largely unnecessary.” Read More

Industry News

Sustainability – The Real Story

By: David Lewin, GMBA – United Kingdom

Our world is facing two existential crises at present. The first immediate concern is to prevent further global warming and to do that we have to cut down on ‘greenhouse’ gases – fast. That means reducing the liberation of stored carbon in the form of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and the even greater threat from other hydrocarbons such as methane and the chlorofluorocarbons.

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The term "running gear" refers to what?
A	All sheets & halyards
B	Navigation limits
C	Shafts, struts, props, rudders
D	Generator & engines

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2022 Brokers Summit

December 4–6, 2022 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | CPYB CE: 7 Hours

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Sales Tips

Sales IS still a Numbers Game

By: John Chapin, CPYB

These days a lot of sales ‘gurus’ try to refute the fact that sales is still a numbers game. They say things like, “It’s not about the numbers, it’s about the relationships.” Well, they’re right on the latter part of that statement, it is about the relationships but, in order to get the number of relationships you need, you have to be out talking to a lot of people. It’s simple, the more people you talk to, the more business you will do; even a blind pig finds corn.

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Member News

Engel & Völkers Yachting Announces Partnership

Engel & Völkers Yachting announced today that it has been selected as the exclusive dealer of Gagliotta Yachts in the Americas, adding the Naples, Italy-based luxury yacht brand’s vessels to its portfolio of newly constructed boats, resale inventory and charter business. “Representing Gagliotta Yachts to our clients with the power of the Engel & Völkers global brand is such a unique opportunity,” said Walter Johnson, Engel & Völkers Yachting Americas.

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ABYC Names Sarah Devlin as Accreditation Director

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) has named Sarah Devlin as the new Accreditation Director to manage and promote the ABYC Foundation’s expanding Marine Trades Accreditation Program (MTAP), which launched earlier this year. Devlin will work directly with secondary and post-secondary schools across the country that are educating future marine technicians.

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